Lewis H. Lapham Quotes
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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I love parties. I love a good time.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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When you're lucky enough to get paid a nice chunk of change to write a movie or a TV show, you have no right to complain, really. I guess it's more of an appeal to the powers that be that the less they interfere, the more likely, actually, they are to get something that works, I think.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I have had that.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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I did not capture power. I was made to assume power.
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The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism. It is the story of the struggle of free thought with bigotry, religion making common cause with the wrong side.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home.
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Some people work to have a weekend and so on the weekend they genuinely don't think about anything apart from the fact that they're on their weekend. Some people are like that so maybe some people would be like, "Yeah that'd be great. Take away my anxiety and give me a nice lounge chair." But I would be so not interested in that.
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Power broken into a thousand pieces can be hidden and disowned.